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Avid reader; ambitious golfer; craft brew lover. Was MLI think tanker, Editor-in-Chief, VP Editorial in top newsrooms for BNI, TransCon, Sun/Quebecor Media

Ottawa, Ontario
Joined April 2009
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OMG. Such nonsense
Paxton: "If Christians don't vote, we're going to have trouble sustaining Christianity in this country"
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The State Dept tweets this nonsense. Please show receipts.
PRESIDENT TRUMP on EUROPE: They just gave the United States the greatest gift we were ever given. Do you know what it was? Greenland.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Greenland remains a self-governing territory of Denmark and was not given to the United States. A September 2026 security agreement expands US military cooperation but reaffirms Danish sovereignty over the island. stm.dk/media/fx1h4fqx… politifact.com/article/2026/s… diis.dk/en/research/tr…
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The shoe-shine post takes the early lead for dumbest (with a “b”, who knew?) post of the day.
And best of all, he has a business to fall back on when he gets his soggy old ass kicked out of the White House.
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There is no “Them” side. It’s Not a holy war, it’s an election where a political party that has failed its voters with bad policies will face democracy. Yes. Go vote!
I watched them kill Charlie Kirk and celebrate it. I watched them shoot our President in the head and celebrate it. I watched them kill Trump supporters and celebrate it. If they can shoot Charlie and Trump — what will they do to you and your family? This is not a political battle, it’s a spiritual one. We are fighting good vs. evil. Darkness vs. light. Be on the side of life. God help us, we must win. Vote.
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There’s a term for this: fake news. 🙄
Alaska Republican fears he may have voted for 'Decoy Dan' Sullivan in tight Senate election trib.al/6MLz6NI
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Smart upgrade!
The new National Post website is fantastic. We are an inviting green meadow in a charred landscape of decaying legacy media. Drink from our cool, sparkling mountain springs. nationalpost.com/
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This headline is so sensational and misleading and embarrassing for the CBC. You’re Canada’s taxpayer-funded public broadcaster for god’s sake, exercise some judgement. “Proposed data centre would release ‘23 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs worth of energy’ a day, physicist says” cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/…
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Trump: "I've kept every single promise I made, except far more. I've actually kept far more promises than I made." Beyond parody
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Three wrongs don’t make a right.
There's a lot going on in this thread.
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Was just watching the Trump “closing message” on TV. Unbelievably it was a low-energy rant about debunked vandalism and construction quality. Whose priorities are these?? Completely out of touch.
Trump on the Reflecting Pool: "We went through a lot with vandalism. The vandalism was unprecedented. People don't like talking about it."
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Ohio will never accept being made a state!
Don Jr: "They want to pack the Supreme Court. They want to make Ohio a state."
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Yikes. Surely his agent is somewhat responsible too. The “it’s never about the money…” talk always comes back to “they didn’t offer me enough money.” That both sides are here now is a failure on both sides.
Nikita Kucherov talks about why he requested a trade attributing it to "poor communication and respect" citing he's only had two meetings in the last four months with GM Julien BriesBois about an extension. (via: @EddieInTheYard)
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Seems to me the current CPC leader could/should have learned more from Harper.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new book comes out tomorrow. Below is an excerpt recounting one of the most important moments—perhaps the most important—of my more than a decade working alongside him: the recognition of the Québécois as a nation within a united Canada. This headline brings me back to an evening I will never forget. As Stephen Harper’s press secretary and Senior Quebec advisor, I brought him the Bloc’s motion at about 6 pm that Tuesday evening. His response would affirm that recognition of the Québécois and an unwavering commitment to Canadian unity belonged together. I remain grateful to have played a small part in that moment in our country’s history. Framed in my office are the original pages of the speech I drafted and Prime Minister Harper worked through the night to perfect. He delivered it in the House of Commons on November 22, 2006, affirming the Québécois as a nation within a united Canada. Michael Ignatieff reopened the nation debate during the Liberal leadership race. The Bloc seized the opening with a motion recognizing Quebecers as a nation. Harper saw the risk of dividing federalists and reviving old constitutional battles. He moved quickly and took control of the debate. His motion recognized the Québécois as a nation “within a united Canada.” Those four words turned the motion into an affirmation of Canadian unity. The Liberals and NDP backed him, while Gilles Duceppe came out swinging. Within twenty-four hours, the Bloc reversed course. Harper stood by the recognition, even at the cost of cabinet minister Michael Chong’s resignation. We had less than 24 hours to decide how to respond, amid mounting pressure to vote against this historic recognition. The vote was on Monday, November 27, 2006, five days after Prime Minister Harper introduced his motion on November 22. The motion passed with only sixteen MPs opposed. Full excerpt below is from HERE FOR CANADA: Memoirs of the 22nd Prime Minister by Stephen J. Harper, published on November 3rd, 2026, by Signal/M&S, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada. THE “NATION” MOTION 👇🏻 dimitrissoudas.substack.com/…
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#Sens among the best of these kits…
🚨 All 32 NHL Hometown Remix jerseys, front and back:
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Mike Therien retweeted
6 on Johansson and that'll get him a bus ticket to Belleville.
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The GOP would have screamed for 4 years had Biden, Clinton or Obama whiffed that. Right;y so. MAGA: “I didn’t hear that, I have been too busy.” “Everyone knows what the Boss meant.” “He has done 130 rallies in 4 days.” “Trump is right, that Ho Chi city should have been nuked…”
Readers note says it all... Trump is lamenting that the US didn't bomb Saigon, the capital of America's ally.
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The arsonist as firefighter — what could go wrong?
Lutnick ‘driving force’ behind re-engagement with Canada: sources, @VassyKapelos & @stephanie_ha report ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tari… Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Sharp look
From the Fanatics official website.
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